is it safe to cook lobsters in my brew kettle

[2ned-up]

I think I'm going to change the name of this thread to "What have you used your brew kettle 4 other than brewing beer?"

 

[mthompson]

I used to brew in my great uncle's antique 60 qt aluminum stock pot (the old heavy gauge kind). It was used to boil lobsters in Maine for like 60 years and has the inside wear to prove it...then it made beer for 5 years with me before I switched to the sanke keg. I never did anything but scrub it out with some soap and water. I have boiled crawfish, shrimp, potatoes, and corn in it on a Saturday and brewed beer in it Sunday; no effects detected.

 

[wells11]

Boiling Lobsters secrete an oil that from what I hear you can never get out.

 

[kh54s10]

Boiling Lobsters secrete an oil that from what I hear you can never get out.

I used my first aluminum pot for many years for lobsters before brewing and had no problems at all.

 

[kh54s10]

Oyster Stout...

How about a Lobster Stout!

 

[mthompson]

Boiling Lobsters secrete an oil that from what I hear you can never get out.

60 years worth of lobsters in my kettle and a couple hundred pounds of crawfish/heads0on shrimp; nary a hint of "lobster oil secretion".

 

[Meatyboy]

As a guy from Downeast Maine (Lobstah country) I can vouch that lobsters don't secrete any perma oils or anything like that. If they made everything taste like lobster we'd all have separate cookware. Just give it a good soapy cleaning and rinse really well and the pot should be good as new.

 

[mthompson]

As a guy from Downeast Maine (Lobstah country) I can vouch that lobsters don't secrete any perma oils or anything like that. If they made everything taste like lobster we'd all have separate cookware. Just give it a good soapy cleaning and rinse really well and the pot should be good as new.

I see you're in TN now, but where were you in ME? Our farm is just North of Warren on 131. I haven't been out in several years, but I want to start planning a trip soon....I miss the fresh lobsters!

 

[Meatyboy]

I was raised in Eastport, Maine. It's not the end of the world there. But you can see it from there. A lil fishing island and eastern most city (of 1600 souls) in the US. I moved to TN after college because, quite frankly, there's no jobs in Maine.

 

[2ned-up]

Worked out great!

 

[jma99]

How many IBUs per lobster?

Do you add them in place of, or in addition to, hops?

Can you triple lobster an ale?

 

[2ned-up]

Some pics!

 

[jaytizzle]

Hah... I'm sure someone has mentioned this by now but my "big" brew pot is a 100 quart pot. This pot's primary purpose is a crawfish pot! When I ain't brewing, I'm boiling up 30lb sacks of mudbugs!

 

[d3track]

Some pics!

That's a day no one is ever allowed to complain about

 

[mthompson]

I was raised in Eastport, Maine. It's not the end of the world there. But you can see it from there. A lil fishing island and eastern most city (of 1600 souls) in the US. I moved to TN after college because, quite frankly, there's no jobs in Maine.

Must be pretty close to Canada, eh? Warren is close to Rockport. That's where we use to get the lobsters and run around at low tide.